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Personal info

Full name
DOYLE, William J Jr
Date of birth
8 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33593807
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
23rd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Hünningen-Büllingen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 28 2

Immediate family

Members
William J. Doyle (father)
Carrie L. (Sandberg) Doyle (mother)
James M. Doyle (brother)

More information

Pvt William J. Jr. Doyle was a welder before he enlisted from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 19 March 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – SEAY_VA_JTS Family Tree / US WWII Enlistment Records

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Luc van der Sterren